Citrix Drives Down the Costs of Virtual Desktops

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New Technology Innovations, Tools and Acquisitions Accelerate Success and Reduce Cost of “Going Virtual” at the Desktop

BARCELONA, SPAIN » 10/26/2011 »Today, atCitrix Synergy™, the conference where cloud computing, networking and virtualization meet, Citrix announced new desktop transformation technology innovations and tools that further reduce both the cost and time of deploying virtual desktops. The CitrixDesktop Transformationmodel, first introduced in October 2010 (seeannouncement), focuses on three distinct phases – assess, design and deploy – and helps customers prioritize and map business objectives to users and projects, to speed the roll-out of desktop virtualization enterprise-wide. Citrix is now enhancing the model with new tools and processes that IT organizations can leverage to plan and implement a successful enterprise-wide desktop virtualization strategy.  Citrix today alsoannounceda definitive agreement to acquire App-DNA as a key component of its Desktop Transformation strategy.

Leveling the Playing Field Between Virtual and Physical Desktops

Desktop virtualization is being deployed widely today by customers of all sizes, given the recognized return on investments such as improved business agility, tighter security and anytime, anywhere access to desktops and apps across any consumer or business device. At the same time, those same organizations cite the need for more cost-effective acquisition and deployment models to get them from “wow to how” faster.

Over the past two years, Citrix has made numerous advances on this front to take cost out of the equation as a barrier for wide-scale virtual desktop adoption. As a result of these advances, the first-year capital cost of aCitrix XenDesktop® roll-out is now materially below that of physical desktops in many cases. With further advances announced this week at Synergy, Citrix predicts that within six months, the up-front cost of virtual desktops will be less expensive than physical desktops across the board. These changes in cost have come from three primary drivers:

Citrix Desktop Transformation Model – Assess, Design, Deploy

The Desktop Transformation model was developed and released in late 2010 to bring together a common methodology along with tools and partners to plan and execute strategic  desktop transformation initiatives. New tools developed over the past year and announced today take the model a step further through project management, intelligent assessment and automated packaging tools. New components include:

Cost Effective Virtual Desktop for Small and Medium Businesses

Citrix VDI-in-a-Box™ 5 is the easy, affordable all-in-one virtual desktop solution for SMBs. It is a an all-in-one VDI software appliance that enables Windows® administrators to rapidly deliver centrally-managed virtual desktops  to any user, anytime, on any device – for less than the cost of new PCs. VDI-in-a-Box delivers high availability and eliminates over 60 percent of traditional VDI infrastructure – including management servers and shared storage (SANs) – by creating a grid of off-the-shelf servers with direct-attached storage.

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Bob Schultz, Group Vice President & General Manager, Enterprise Desktops and Applications at Citrix

“Enterprises understand the growing business value and operating efficiencies that can be achieved by the centralized management and delivery of desktops and applications, but the capital acquisition costs of virtual versus physical desktops was still an open question. Now with the new cost model, we have demonstrated that virtual desktops from Citrix are on track to be the same or less than physical desktops. Customers, armed with this knowledge, as well as the tools and technology provided by the Desktop Transformation model and XenDesktop, can confidently roll out a successful desktop virtualization strategy that benefits both IT and end users.”

How to Access the Desktop Transformation Model

Customers can log on to the Success Accelerator athttp://www.citrix.com/successaccelerator//with a MyCitrix ID and then create a project by providing information about the project. Customers can then follow the customized project guide taking advantage of the tools, best practice articles, and decision criteria along the way.

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